VANCOUVER, British Columbia , Oct 5 (Reuters) - Air Canada carried fewer paying passengers in September compared to the same month a year earlier, when its planes flew with record-breaking numbers, the airline said on Monday.
Canada's biggest carrier said its consolidated load factor, or the percentage of available seats filled with paying passengers, fell to 79.7 percent last month from 79.9 percent in September last year.
Consolidated figures include data from Jazz Air, Air Canada's regional feeder airline.
System traffic decreased 2.1 percent while the airline cut its capacity by 2.0 percent system-wide, Air Canada said.
'This result is in line with last year's record-setting load factor for the month and is attributable to our ongoing disciplined approach to capacity management,' Calin Rovinescu, Air Canada's president and chief executive, said in a statement.
Air Canada's load factor was 83.5 percent for the third quarter, Rovinescu said, a one percentage point increase on the year-before period.
Air Canada's B shares closed 4 Canadian cents weaker at C$1.80 on the Toronto Stock Exchange. Its lower-voting A shares ended 4 Canadian cents higher at C$1.84.
($1=$1.07 Canadian)
(Reporting by Nicole Mordant; editing by Peter Galloway) Keywords: AIRCANADA/ (nicole.mordant@reuters.com; +1 604 664 7315; Reuters Messaging: nicole.mordant.reuters.com@reuters.net) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2009. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of Reuters News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Reuters.
Canada's biggest carrier said its consolidated load factor, or the percentage of available seats filled with paying passengers, fell to 79.7 percent last month from 79.9 percent in September last year.
Consolidated figures include data from Jazz Air, Air Canada's regional feeder airline.
System traffic decreased 2.1 percent while the airline cut its capacity by 2.0 percent system-wide, Air Canada said.
'This result is in line with last year's record-setting load factor for the month and is attributable to our ongoing disciplined approach to capacity management,' Calin Rovinescu, Air Canada's president and chief executive, said in a statement.
Air Canada's load factor was 83.5 percent for the third quarter, Rovinescu said, a one percentage point increase on the year-before period.
Air Canada's B shares closed 4 Canadian cents weaker at C$1.80 on the Toronto Stock Exchange. Its lower-voting A shares ended 4 Canadian cents higher at C$1.84.
($1=$1.07 Canadian)
(Reporting by Nicole Mordant; editing by Peter Galloway) Keywords: AIRCANADA/ (nicole.mordant@reuters.com; +1 604 664 7315; Reuters Messaging: nicole.mordant.reuters.com@reuters.net) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2009. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of Reuters News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Reuters.